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Acute Effects of Transcendental Meditation1 on Hemodynamic Functioning in Middle-Aged Adults

Vernon A. Barnes, PhD, Frank A. Treiber, PhD, J. Rick Turner, PhD, Harry Davis, MS and William B. Strong, MD

From the Georgia Institute for Prevention of Human Diseases and Accidents (V.A.B., F.A.T., W.B.S.), Department of Pediatrics (F.A.T., W.B.S.), Department of Psychiatry (F.A.T), and Office of Biostatistics (H.D.), Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA; and Quintiles, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC (J.R.T.).



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  		Fig. 1. Changes in hemodynamic function during 20-minute periods of (a) eyes-open rest and (b) during TM and eyes-closed relaxation for the TM and control groups. Mean change scores adjusted for baseline values. Positive values indicate an increase and negative values indicate a decrease from the minute 0 reading.

 




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